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Post by Phalon on Jan 27, 2015 7:41:52 GMT -6
Like that woman in the commercial who tells everyone she comes in contact with... My cholesterol is low! My cholesterol is low! Well, not really - it's actually higher than it was last time I had it checked which was 4 years ago and it was high then too. But it's lower than I expected, and "My cholesterol is high, but not high enough to warrant taking medication for it! My cholesterol is high, but not high enough to warrant taking medication for it!" is too much to say. ... ... ... ... ... Ok, so here it is - the Fit and Healthy thread; it is trim and slim, has low cholesterol, doesn't eat too many sweets, and will never tell itself that two bottles of hard apple cider is equal to two tablespoons of apple cider vinegar. Why not? They're both made from apples and both fermented. Goes good too, with pizza (hey, at least the pizza had spinach on it). A thread for healthy ideas, encouragement, scolding if you want it, and whatever else finds its way into these pages. [Edit]
I merged some posts from another thread into this thread, and this is the first post in the original 'Fit & Healthy' thread. ~*~ Joxcee ~*~
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Post by Mini Mia on Jan 27, 2015 18:58:54 GMT -6
Glad to hear it. I took Lipitor for many years, and now I'm taking Lovastatin. I didn't need to take anything back when I was taking vitamin C & E, and two tablespoons apple cider vinegar daily. I need to start doing that again. And exercising.
Tomorrow will be two weeks that I've been skipping rope, walking the treadmill, doing standing/wall pushups, and hula hooping. In very small amounts. I want to get a daily habit built up, and then increase number of sets/reps/minutes. I know I shouldn't check the scale, because muscle weights more than fat and it will be a while before the scale will show any loss. It's how my clothes fit that is most important. And how the loose flab is becoming more toned/tight, and less hanging/wiggling/jiggling.
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Post by Phalon on Jan 29, 2015 8:27:56 GMT -6
The first thing I did yesterday morning after reading your post, Joxie, was to dig the apple-cider vinegar out of my cupboard, and drink tablespoon of it mixed in a glass of water. Actually, that was the second thing I did; first was drilling. I always have heard apple cider vinegar was supposed to do all kinds of good stuff for a body, but didn't know it helped lower cholesterol. (I never got around to drinking a second glass, btw.)
My cholesterol has always been high since I've been having it checked, the first time being when I was pregnant with LX, and my doctors couldn't believe how high it was. After she was born it plummeted from a "can't believe you're not dead" level to merely a "do something to lower your cholesterol" level. I was never prescribed medication though. My blood pressure is low, my triglycerides good, and my HDL (good cholesterol) has always been on the higher end of the scale, while my LDL hovers between borderline high and high. I had only one normal LDL reading, and all I did was quit eating sweets for about six months.
OMG, I am right there with you, Sista! Urgh!!! And winter is the worst (probably the worst time to get my cholesterol checked too). My problem is that because of the physical nature of my job, when the nursery closes, my activity level decreases drastically, and because of the time the nursery closes right before the holidays, my calorie intake increases. Up until a couple of years ago, any few extra pounds I gained over the winter, were almost immediately lost after just a couple of weeks back to work. Then age caught up with me, and I can't seem to shed it like I used to. A couple of pounds here, a few there, and some of my clothes aren't quite as comfortable as they used to be (granted, some of those clothes are 20 years old, but still...). It seems everything drops with age, except the pounds!
We should start a support thread - the Joxie and Phalon Apple-Cider Drinking/Hula-Hooping Cholesterol/Weight Reducing Support Clinic thread. Or something more catchy.
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Post by Mini Mia on Jan 29, 2015 18:46:26 GMT -6
Sounds like a good idea. I have been putting off exercising until late in the evening. Haven't skipped a day yet so far though. (Ha. I haven't skipped skipping today yet.)
I usually put my apple cider vinegar in juice. Grape, orange, pineapple, apple. (I don't like grapefruit, or I'd put it in GF juice too.) It isn't as noticeable in apple or pineapple juice. Not to me anyways. I usually do both tablespoons at once, but in some things I break it down into 1T or several teaspoons. (2t 3x per day. Morning, Noon, Night.) I use ACV instead of alcohol to make a hot toddy. One cup/mug of pineapple juice and the 2T of ACV. The first time I took it was for a sore throat. (I like hot/warm citrus juices on my sore throat.) Then I discovered it gave me night sweats like a hot toddy does. The ACV has to be pure, unfiltered.
But I only just recently discovered that vitamin c & e also played a part in lowering my cholesterol. I was only taking the ACV last year, and not the vitamins, and my cholesterol was high. Plus, I discovered my ACV wasn't pure. I used to put ACV in red grape juice, but Dr. Phil stated that grape juice doesn't work like wine because wine uses the whole grape, and grape juice doesn't. It's the grape skin and seeds that are heart healthy and lowers cholesterol. If I had a blender, I'd be getting red grapes, with seeds, and pureeing them into a drink every day. (Until I got bored with it like the ACV & vitamins.)
I saw a commercial a few weeks ago. Wasn't paying much attention, but I think it was a Welch's commercial about their grape juice being heart healthy. If they're now using the whole grape to make their juices, I may start drinking a glass a day. Which I was doing with Apple juice. An apple a day, and all that. I'm really very bad about keeping up with things though. Got apple juice in the cupboard wasting away.
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Post by Mini Mia on Jan 29, 2015 19:01:30 GMT -6
Oh. I've been posting about my exercises on my author board. Created a @mypeakchallenge forum:
bchelsierraremly.runboard.com/f32
Sam Heughan, plays Jamie on Outlander, started the @mypeakchallenge on Twitter. He's helping people to get into shape, and making money for Blood Cancer research too. Links to more info here: bchelsierraremly.runboard.com/t107
My doctor had already told me to get off my lazy butt and get active. (Not in those words.) And I lurked and watched Sam get all these people motivated to workout. He kept saying, "find 'your' peak." And I decided to find 'my peak.' I'm starting off slow, hoping it will keep me going. But I'm my own worst enemy, so I fighting against myself the whole way. Fight Camp's fitness tests seemed way too much for me to even start out with. I wish I had started out with less jumps/hops & skips than the article stated. But, oh well, I want to move forward, and not back.
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Post by stepper on Jan 29, 2015 19:46:40 GMT -6
According to WebMD you should add fiber.
Fiber for Heart Health: The Benefits Dietary fiber is the name for certain carbohydrates -- from vegetables, plants, and grains -- that the body can’t digest fully. Evidence for the benefits of fiber for heart health is quite strong. It's been established in numerous studies. Diets high in fiber are associated with:
Lower LDL (“bad”) cholesterol levels Lower blood sugar levels in people with diabetes Lower blood pressure in people with high blood pressure Lower risk of heart disease Lower risk of diabetes Healthier weights and lower rates of obesity
I'll join the thread -- to cheer you on.
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Post by Mini Mia on Jan 29, 2015 22:37:36 GMT -6
And that is another of my major problems. I live alone, so I don't cook a full-on meal. I leave off a lot of vegetables. Eat mostly meat and potatoes/starch. Very, very few green stuff. I've been trying to find dishes/recipes that have all the daily pyramid requirements. (One size fits all.) I've added green peas to my Pork Chops & Rice dish.
I have the powder fiber that I add to water and drink, but it's hit and miss. And I'd rather eat something good than drink water that contains powdered fiber. Been eating oranges off and on this week. One bag down, and one more bag to go. Maybe I should get a blender and make smoothies?
A "Let's get fit and healthy" thread might just be the ticket.
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Post by Phalon on Feb 1, 2015 9:16:00 GMT -6
Do you not eat vegetables because you don't like them, or because of the extra effort it takes cook something else in addition to the main meal? If it's the latter, try adding greens to whatever it is your fixing. My family loves greens, (everyone but LX that is, who claims they "taste like nature"). Every week I usually buy either a bag of baby spinach, or a baby kale/chard/spinach mix. If I'm not cooking a vegetable side, I just throw a couple of handfuls of the greens into whatever I'm making right before it's done cooking. Lots of vitamins A and K, and folic acid in those leafies, and they literally only take seconds to cook. Of course sometimes, any benefits you get from the greens are negated by what you put them in; last night we had greens....on pepperoni pizza with extra cheese.
Yes. Misery loves company...and also because of what Stepper said. I need cheering on...or b!tching out.
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Post by Phalon on Feb 1, 2015 9:27:10 GMT -6
Ok, so here it is - the Fit and Healthy thread; it is trim and slim, has low cholesterol, doesn't eat too many sweets, and will never tell itself that two bottles of hard apple cider is equal to two tablespoons of apple cider vinegar.
Why not? They're both made from apples and both fermented. Goes good too, with pizza (hey, at least the pizza had spinach on it).
A thread for healthy ideas, encouragement, scolding if you want it, and whatever else finds its way into these pages.
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Post by stepper on Feb 1, 2015 14:21:50 GMT -6
Let's start this out with the more important things first. I your efforts Joxcee - really. You don't start math classes by going to quantum physics first, and you don't start a healthy routine by running a marathon. Start with what you can handle without causing muscle pulls, strains, sprains, or things that will defeat you mentally or physically. But start! Take a little time every day and keep going. When some part seems like it's getting boring or too easy, take that to the next step. For instance - when you can do several, or several sets, of wall pushups because they are getting to be too easy, switch to window ledges. Put a pad on the floor (for your knees) far enough away from a window ledge that you have to lean forward - about chin on the ledge distance depending on the height of your windows, and then do them from that slightly steeper angle. Then go to on your toes and still at an angle. Just a suggestion of course - but you'll progress through all of them to full push ups and by using the stepped process you'll avoid over doing it - at least that's the theory. In what God forsaken country does this happen? Spinach on pizza? Clearly this is something the spinach growers association is foisting on us! If we're gonna dive into pizza, lets not confuse ourselves by pretending that throwing, (ech!) spinach, or lettuce, or peas, or French cut green beans, onto the pie does anything positive for the flavor. (Unless of course we like mush mouth pizzas.) If we're gonna calorie up - lets stick to tasty calories. I saw one report that people will order 14 million pizzas for/during the Super Bowl - and many were shipped overseas for personnel in Whateveristan to enjoy during the game. Another said that at the typical Super bowl party, people will consume approximately 1000 calories - just during the and right after the game. Even the diet pundits are saying the occasional splurge is not necessarily a bad thing. It's a psychological thing - it's good for your mental health. Does physical matter more than psychological? Or the other way around? So if we're going to be serious, shall we undertake a challenge? It's 1 Feb - three pounds by the end of March? No numbers other than yes, I lost the three pounds - and no cheating? I suppose I'm going to have to get a scale now. I know one thing I can do that should matter - knock back the soda habit and switch to ice water. And tea.
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Post by stepper on Feb 1, 2015 14:28:33 GMT -6
I'm sure this will come as a complete shock, but I'm totally with LX on this - or mostly anyway. I like raw peas, string beans, lima beans, etc. Mom used to send me out to the garden to pick stuff for her because she knew I'd eat my share before coming in - right there in the garden. I don't like the taste or consistency of cooked veggies - corn excluded here. And writing this is what prompted today's second post in the get healthy thread.
I recently decided to teach myself to eat pizza - I'm not a fan of cooked tomatoes - and I've done fairly well. Meat lovers, deep dish, and yes, pepperoni with extra cheese. (No spinach required - thank you very much.)
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Post by stepper on Feb 1, 2015 14:32:24 GMT -6
This was generated by a post in the Everything thread. Cooked veggies or raw - is one better than the other. Taste counts as much as "healthy" as far as I'm concerned. Healthy isn't worth squat if it tastes so crappy that I'm not going to eat it. And if it's cooked, do you flavor it in some way and does that have the potential of affecting the healthy status of what you're eating? For instance, mom always put a pat of butter with cooked corn, peas, and some other stuff that she couldn't convince me to eat. Doesn't the butter (or whatever you are using), besides affecting the overall flavor, modify any sort of healthy benefits?
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Post by Mini Mia on Feb 1, 2015 21:15:35 GMT -6
Well, in my neck of the woods, greens don't look appetizing. Mom cooks Poke & Turnip Greens. (Used to.) I tasted her turnip greens once and spit it out quickly. School served spinach, but it was cooked the same way as poke/turnip greens, so I didn't touch it. Never had Kale/Chard. I have thought of getting Seinfeld's wife's cookbook where she purees veggies and put them in most everything.
I do like a number of vegetables. I eat a whole lot more of them than I used to as a kid. My sister ate less veggies than I did. A few years ago she came back from a Japanese restaurant, and stated that she LOVED veggies. Well, she loved THEIR veggies. They didn't overcook them.
I'm not big on lima beans, but I can eat them in a soup. Just not as a one dish side meal. I only love green peas now because I read they were good for your hair. Vitamin E. It took a number of times eating them before I grew to love them. Mom says there's a saying that it takes 10 or more times of eating what you hate before you finally love it. And that was true for the green peas. I just wolfed them down as fast as I could before I'd gag and retch. IIRC, it did take about 10 times before I loved them.
My problem is that I don't want to cook a table full of dishes for just me. I suppose when I fry up fish and fried taters, I should leave off one fish fillet and open a can of veggies instead. (Or save the second fillet for the next day.) I should probably eat smaller portions of the meat & potatoes/starch to save space/room for veggies. Habits are hard to break though. Which is why I got the idea to put all the daily requirements into one dish/meal. Or come up with a way to eat veggies as a snack.
I think a thread for getting healthy is just what I need.
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Post by Mini Mia on Feb 1, 2015 22:34:39 GMT -6
Thank you, Stepper. I overdid it the other times I started an exercise routine, and I didn't keep up with it. I wish now that I had started with fewer jumps/hops & skips. (25 skips maybe? Which is why I'm in no hurry to add more skips.) For the first time yesterday, my right knee wasn't too happy with the jumping/skipping. I broke it down today into 20 rep increments. 3 sets of 20, and 1 set of 10. If my knee had reared it's ugly head, I would have stopped, but it seemed to be okay with my new system setup. I really like skipping rope, so I want to try and keep doing it if possible. It burns more calories in less time as walking. I do the treadmill because I figure it uses different muscles/muscle groups?
January 17, 2015: 121.4 February 1, 2015: 120.0
I'm 4 foot 8-1/2 inches tall, so that is overweight for me. IIRC, for my height, I'm supposed to weight around 88 pounds. I figure 90/95 is an okay range. A few months ago I was more than that. I was creeping up on 45/50 pounds overweight, and so I tried not to snack while watching TV at night. That is where I get into trouble. I lost a lot of weight before by drinking water after 6 when the munchies hit me. But then I got tired of bland water and started adding Gatorade powder to the water. Then I saw the calories and went back to snacking. (Didn't know about Crystal Light and others like it at the time.)
Back when I was in my mid-20s, I bought a weight bench, situps bench, and weights. I did that for about 6 months. I loved it. I lost a good bit of weight. Only one person said anything to me. When I stopped and gained the weight back, it got more notice. I don't think I've ever been over 50 pounds overweight. Though I may have. I just never weighed myself until after I dropped most of it. I had a couple of good-sized rolls hanging over my jeans. Or maybe I'm carrying the weight differently now? More in my hips, buns than in my waist?
I've been wearing tight clothes for a while now. And when Mom suggests getting bigger clothes I balk. I've done it in the past, and it only led to getting bigger and bigger clothes. It didn't motivate me to lose the weight. I have clothes I'd love to be able to get back into again. One benefit so far is I can breathe better. It has been opening up my nose. Another reason not to quit.
Another of Apple Cider Vinegar's benefits is that it helps in losing weight. I really should start drinking it again. I should probably get a new bottle though, since the one I have is filtered. Welch's website says their concord grapes are heart healthy, so maybe add grape juice as a daily drink, and apple juice. (The problem is that I start something, but drop it like it's hot.) My sister likes those veggie/fruit drinks. Never tried any of them, but maybe I should?
Okay. Gotta run and post today's exercise stats.
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Post by Mini Mia on Feb 1, 2015 22:39:06 GMT -6
This was generated by a post in the Everything thread. Cooked veggies or raw - is one better than the other. Taste counts as much as "healthy" as far as I'm concerned. Healthy isn't worth squat if it tastes so crappy that I'm not going to eat it. And if it's cooked, do you flavor it in some way and does that have the potential of affecting the healthy status of what you're eating? For instance, mom always put a pat of butter with cooked corn, peas, and some other stuff that she couldn't convince me to eat. Doesn't the butter (or whatever you are using), besides affecting the overall flavor, modify any sort of healthy benefits?
The more you cook a vegetable, the less healthy it becomes. That's why steaming vegetables has become so popular. And, of course, the more unhealthy stuff you add to a vegetable, the less of a benefit it is to you.
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Post by Phalon on Feb 2, 2015 9:25:56 GMT -6
Count me in too. More specifics later, "butt" I'm up for the challenge.
Right now though, I've got to start shoveling, which will probably be my only exercise for the day, as it was yesterday.
Later Taters (baked not fried). Eat healthy, live well.
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Post by Phalon on Feb 3, 2015 11:39:23 GMT -6
So here's my reason why:
February 2, 2015: Height - 5'1 1/2"; Medium Build; Weight - I don't know.
Like Stepper, I don't have a scale, and when I had my yearly check-up last week, the nurse told me my height, but not my weight. I'm not even sure she took it because we got to yakking about her newborn son, and she might have been distracted. The doctor didn't mention it either, so I'm assuming if the nurse did get my weight, it's not too far out of the realm of being healthy, or not too much more than last year.
I've always been thin, with an athletic build - not skinny, waif-like, or wispy. When I graduated high-school, I weighed 96 pounds; when I enlisted in the Army the spring I graduated, I was told I'd have to gain about 10 pounds by August to meet the minimum weight requirement. I've hovered within 7 pounds of that my entire adult life, even after kids (although things kind of shifted a bit after the second one). According to the Weight Watchers Ideal Body Weight Chart (which was the first to come up on the drill I just did), that is at the lowest end of what would be considered ideal for 5'1" and underweight for 5'2", so I'm guessing at 5'1 1/2" it's just fine.
But then...
Mom fell, was hospitalized, had the amputation, went into the nursing facility, and died not quite a year later. My brother died year almost to the day after Mom. All the while LX was with the Loser Boyfriend, staying out almost all night, doing, in addition to the obvious, who-knows-what. I wasn't sleeping, worrying about this, that, and the other. Stress, my friends, can cause weight gain...both by triggering appetite, and messing with your metabolism. It's like mine said, "Forget this sh!t! I'm outta here!"
I gained 15 pounds during those three years, which puts me at the high end of what is supposed to be my ideal weight. But all that stress has been long gone for at least two years now. Hello? Metabolism? Come back!!!
It must be outta ear-shot, because I haven't seen hide nor hair of it. So with the 15 pounds I gained, in addition to the 2 or 3 pounds I gained last winter and assuming I gained a couple since last winter, I'm figuring I'd like to lose 20 pounds.
Goals for February:
Get at least 30 minutes of aerobic exercise each day; walking the dog does not count, except as an exercise in patience because it's like walking with a toddler who has to check every inch of ground covered for anything that might be considered remotely exciting. Thirty minutes of aerobic exercise daily, btw, is what a woman over 40 needs just to maintain her current weight.
Sit down and eat a normal lunch at a normal time. Two things usually happen during the winter. Either I snack here and there throughout the day while I'm buzzing around the house, or I'll be busy doing something, then realize it's 2 o'clock, and I haven't eaten anything all day. Instantly starving, I end up eating more than I should.
Choose healthy snacks! I generally eat healthy meals - lots of fruits and veggies, no fast food, no soda, and nothing deep fried. My weakness is baked goods and snack crackers, and like you, Joxie - snacking at night as always, always been an issue for me. I do have to say though, that since we started talking about this stuff, the last two nights instead of reaching for the cookies, or the brownies that BP and LX made (and ended up here when BP brought them home), I've had a pear one night, and carrots with dip last night. It was a struggle, but I did it.
Limit myself to 2 cappuccinos per week. Walking up to the Quick Stop at the corner at night for a cappuccino has become a bad habit. Not only do I not need a double shot of espresso at 8 or 9pm, I am sure all that frothy creamy goodness is loaded with fat and calories.
Drink more water!!! Sometimes I go for a day or two with drinking nothing but coffee.
Oh, and get a scale!
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Post by Mini Mia on Feb 3, 2015 18:38:07 GMT -6
You know, if you can't find the time to walk, due to weather and whatnot. 10 minutes of jumping/skipping rope is equal to 30 minutes on the road. (That's what my Reader's Digest booklet says.) And one of the websites I visited when I did a 2-minute-drill for Hula Hoop Exercises stated: "The rigor and calorie burn of [hula] hooping compares to cardio kickboxing, step aerobics and boot-camp workouts."
So if you have a sturdy floor with enough space, you can skip rope & hula hoop when you can't get outside. Although, a show I once watched said you burn more calories working out in the cold, and also by drinking ice water. Your body burns calories warming you up and keeping you warm. (In summer, these guys draped cool/cold water packs on them to burn extra calories while working out.)
More Quotes: bchelsierraremly.runboard.com/t127
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Post by Phalon on Feb 3, 2015 22:59:25 GMT -6
Good to know, Joxie. Thanks for sharing. But me? And a Hula-hoop? I don't think the two are compatible; I'm too uncoordinated. I wasn't able to get out and walk today; it snowed so the sidewalks and streets were slippery and my boots just don't have enough tread. I did get in my half hour of aerobic exercise though, by jogging/marching/hopping in place while watching T.V. after Hubs and BP went to bed. Felt like a good workout, I think, but a half hour seemed to last forever! A half hour goes by much quicker outside, it seems.
Did pretty good today too, on sticking with the goals for this month (as I should - it's too early in this thing to mess up). Granola bar for breakfast (as always); a pear and 7 pita crackers (the number the box indicated was a serving size) for lunch; dinner was leftovers - spaghetti and a tossed salad with red leaf lettuce, baby green mix, carrots, cherry tomatoes, and a dab of Ranch (I hate soggy salads) - but no croutons! Snack tonight - pineapple chunks.
Only two glasses of water all day; one with apple cider vinegar - gotta work on that part.
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Post by Mini Mia on Feb 3, 2015 23:08:16 GMT -6
Yeah. ACV does not taste well in plain water. I had a double cheeseburger and french fries with a small coke today. I ain't big on changing my eating habits. I'm a wee bit hungry at the moment, so I may eat my last orange or some pb on crackers with ice water to wash it down. Or both. Then take my bedtime meds and shower and go to bed. Routine Kidney Clinic visit with Mom tomorrow.
Night all.
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Post by Mini Mia on Feb 4, 2015 22:05:20 GMT -6
Had Chinese today. Ham Fried Rice, Fried Won Tons, Sweet-n-Sour Chicken with Sweet-n-Sour Sauce. Plus a Coke on ice. Did my exercises when I got home. Added 10 more skips when skipping rope.
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Post by Phalon on Feb 5, 2015 7:08:45 GMT -6
Hope your Mom's visit to the clinic went well, Joxie.
This is probably weird, and I even surprised myself, but I don't mind the taste - actually, I like it. A tall glass of ice-cold water dilutes the vinegary-ness to just a tang. Of course, I read you're supposed to do this 3-4 times daily, and I haven't managed that.
Yay, Joxie! Read your daily routine on the link you posted. Impressive; keep up the good work.
Kept up with the exercise goal yesterday with one hour of (involuntary) snow shoveling, a half hour of the jogging/marching around my living room routine, and a 10 minutes of as-fast-as-I-could-go-because-it-was-so-damned-cold-and-windy-last-night walking to the Quick Stop because it was Wednesday...
Mid-week Cappuccino Time! Accompanied by 2 oatmeal cookies with raisins.
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Post by Phalon on Feb 5, 2015 8:11:55 GMT -6
Not even to add more veggies? (Smile.)
The health benefits of eating cooked vs raw vegetables depends on the vegetable and the cooking method. Cooking actually increases the nutritional value of some vegetables because the heat process breaks down the cells in the vegetable, releasing its nutrients so that your body can absorb them. Vitamin A, iron, calcium and lycopene are more readily available to your body when vegetables are cooked. Other nutrients though, are diminished with cooking.
Either way, cooked or uncooked, vegetables are good stuff. Whether you put a pat of butter or a bit of salt on them, you are still getting the fiber, vitamins and minerals that your body needs. Sometimes flavoring your vegetables can actually be beneficial. Olive oil, for instance - I use it along with herb seasoning most of the time instead of butter on vegetables. You get the benefits of the vegetables and the benefits of olive oil all in one shot.
It's a moderation thing. Vegetables drowning in butter, sauces, cheese, and loaded with salt lose their healthy status in my opinion.
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Post by Mini Mia on Feb 5, 2015 17:57:02 GMT -6
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Post by Mini Mia on Feb 5, 2015 18:28:57 GMT -6
Not even to add more veggies? (Smile.)
No. I meant, dropping foods/dishes I love and adding all new healthy meals. I don't have a problem with adding vegetables, as long as I like them. Or, as with the green peas, I am determined to eat them whether I like them or not, as long as they're good for me.
I can't seem to cook vegetables so that I like them though. But I think I have discovered the problem. I love broccoli, green beans, carrots, mixed vegetables in butter sauce . . . in my TV dinners. I tried boiling carrots once and adding butter, after draining the water off, but I hated them. I cooked a can of mixed vegetables and added butter, but didn't like them. I did that with green beans too, instead of bacon grease, and wasn't crazy about them. One day though, I drained off all the water after heating up the green beans, and added butter to them, and YUM! I haven't tried that with mixed vegetables yet though to see if draining off all the water after heating before adding butter will work for them as well.
The carrots I boiled weren't from a can . . . so maybe if I get canned carrots and try the trick with the green beans, maybe I'll like them too. Q suggested steaming the carrots next time, and I plan on doing that with fresh carrots, and other fresh vegetables. Only boil/mircowave canned/frozen veggies.
I added 30 seconds on my hula hooping timer today. Added 30 seconds on my treadmill timer for tomorrow. I'm doing kneeling pushups using my coffee table. Did 15 today. When I can do 25 to 30 I'll move to modified floor pushups.
Had an El Charrito Beef Enchilada TV Dinner: 2 beef enchiladas in red chile sauce, [refried] beans and Spanish rice. Two handfuls of Doritos, for crunch. RC on ice. (I really should try making this meal from scratch. But this TV dinner is faster, and yummy too.) Healthy eating is going to be harder than making myself exercise.
Another RC . . . or water? Or Sprite? No. Another RC.
Laters. Off to post today's exercise, and get another RC.
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Post by stepper on Feb 5, 2015 19:13:32 GMT -6
Eating 80/20 I have no idea if this works, but I've heard about it before now. It would even allow for that double cheeseburger. magazine.foxnews.com/food-wellness/want-lose-weight-start-eating-8020?intcmp=HPBucketSadly, I've been busy and haven't even acquired a scale yet. I like chicken fried rice and sweet and sour pork, and iced tea. I wonder how it'll fit into the plan? Good job on the skips! I tried doing a few but I got a call from the government - they said I was throwing off their seismic sensors and causing undo alarm and consternation. And one false tsunami warning. I'm sure you're right, but I'm not ready to go there yet so I tell myself that a $100 bill is a $100 bill whether it's crisp and fresh off the plates or wadded up and dirty. Nice! You're making all kinds of progress - I'm going to have to get going here or you'll be leaving me/us in your dust.
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Post by stepper on Feb 5, 2015 20:11:12 GMT -6
Baby carrots? Shredded carrots with raisins? Celery with peanut butter? (Steppet's favorite.)
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Post by Mini Mia on Feb 5, 2015 23:33:08 GMT -6
Well, I do have a few weeks head start. Though it is a very, very slow head start.
I can't do diets. I tried when I was in my late teens/early twenties. The second I tell myself I'm on a diet and can't have something, I _have_ to have it. And I can't stop at one. I tell myself I'll start the diet tomorrow, and I'll eat what I can't have tomorrow today, until it's gone or I'm way too full to take another bite. Once I tell myself 'no more diet,' I don't have to have what I couldn't have before. The craving ends because I know I can have it whenever I want, and if I don't want it right now I don't eat it. Sometimes I end up throwing it out. (I've thrown away ice cream because it stayed in the freezer too long.)
I've thrown bags of chips away because they went stall before I finished the bag. Then Dr. Phil told a couple of his dieters they could no longer have Doritos or Peanut Butter. Okay. I went through bags of Doritos like crazy. I had a jar of PB that I'd probably had for a couple of years. (For NoBake Cookies.) I ate it and went through other jars like crazy. And then I reminded myself that I wasn't on Dr. Phil's diet, and they weren't on my 'cannot eat' list. And so I'm not overdoing them anymore.
So, I can eat whatever I want, when I want it. And I don't overindulge, since I can have it whenever I want. But . . . I can add a new healthy dish to my menu anytime. And if I like it more than an unhealthy dish, I might start eating it more often, and save the unhealthy dish for times when I really, really have to have it. Every once in a while. So, eating healthy will be done as I'm doing exercising, very slowly. Actually, probably even more slowly.
I ate a can of green peas while watching TV tonight. And then I remembered that a long time ago I had planned on adding stir-fry vegetables to my menu. I've got several bags of frozen stir-fry veggies in the bottom of my small chest freezer just waiting for me to figure out how to prepare them. I also have a bag of frozen broccoli.
And then I lose interest and forget/drop my plans. Wash . . . Rinse . . . Repeat. I'm so good at that. I get out my cookbooks and plot/plan the meals I'm going to start cooking, and then I move onto some other thing and put the cookbooks back on their shelves to collect dust until the next time I pull them out again. Wash . . . Rinse . . . Repeat. That would be second to: I came, I saw, I went home.
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Post by Mini Mia on Feb 5, 2015 23:44:12 GMT -6
I do eat carrots for snacks when I have them. Celery too. (Never tried them with PB though.) The ones that don't get put into beef-vegetable soup or the slow cooker hamburger casserole dish. Ooh, raisins! Been meaning to get some. I can't figure out what part of the store they are in. Bakery aisle? Juice aisle? I haven't come up on them anywhere. And then I forget I was looking for them to add to my TV snacking time.
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Post by Mini Mia on Feb 6, 2015 0:20:08 GMT -6
Checked out the article. The problem with their 80/20 is ... I don't eat 3 meals a day. I eat one main meal, and then if I get the munchies later on while watching TV, I snack. Doritos and melted cheese, candy bars, peanuts & soda, sliced apples and a small tub of soft caramel, etc. When I have those items to snack on. Which I've been pretty good about not having of late. (Also Fruit or carrots/celery if I have them.)
I don't have any candy bars now though, nor block cheese to melt to go with the Doritos I have. I got the Doritos to go with the Mexican TV dinners I got yesterday. I like the crunch. Which is why I always get Fried Won Tons to go with my Ham Fried Rice or Pressed Chicken plates.
I balk at the thought of eating 5 or 6 small meals throughout the day. I have a hard enough time trying to plan the one. I like not having to figure out more than the one dish/plate per day. (Or week, depending on how much of something I make.) I may do two meals per day once I've built up more muscle and I burn more calories throughout the day. Or, I'll just eat more for the one main meal. Maybe the one main meal, and a smaller 2nd meal? Or just a veggie, like tonight's green peas.
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